Ever pull a Kate McCann late at night

Rabidlamb

Following on from the kids in cars thread, has anyone ever nipped out to the shops for a few essentials after the kids have fallen asleep, obviously your other half is out at the time too so you lock them in the house unattended.

I must admit I've done it a few times, especially if there's no milk for the morning cereal or you're out of bread, smokes etc.
It used to be the done thing until the McCanns made it as radioactive as drink driving.

Anyone else a sinner like me ?.
Helen Lovejoys need not throw their oar in.

28064212

That's not what the McCanns did

tin79

From the title I thought you meant the other kind of pull. The actual post is less interesting.

MidlandsM

OP, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Lollipops23

Back in the late 80s my mam left me (age 3ish) asleep in our hotel room while her and her friend went down to the bar to listen to the live music. she was up every 20min to check on me but I woke up at one point and got scared, managed to get out of our hotel room and to the lift. Luckily it was an old-timey style one with a big grate and I couldn't operate it. Cleaning lady found me wandering the hall roaring crying, my mam showed up about 10secs later.

Probably made her look like the world's worst mother, but that wasn't the case at all.

Cookie_Monster

ever murdered your kid and covered it up, can't say I have.

Tipsy McSwagger

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

ever murdered your kid and covered it up, can't say I have.

Proof?

petes

Who is Helen Lovejoy?

Nothingbetter2d

28064212 wrote: »

That's not what the McCanns did

this


the mccanns went to the hotel bar and got drunk with their friends in a hotel in portugal with noone supervising/babysitting the kids.

its a big difference from nipping to the shop while your kid is locked in your car.

Biggins

No, and never will.
I make it a personal rule also never to drink alcohol till they are at least in bed at night and asleep safe.
(Amid many things in life, if you have kids, you need your wits and awareness as sharp as possible at all times.)

Ms. Captain M

No never!

What would you do if they woke up and freaked out to find you missing, or something happened when you were gone, fire breaking out etc. "Oh I was out of fags!"

newport2

Insurgent wrote: »

Who is Helen Lovejoy?

"Won't somebody please think of the children!!"

FatherLen

i don't have kids.

na na na na naaaa naaaa

MidlandsM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

this


the mccanns went to the hotel bar and got drunk with their friends in a hotel in portugal with noone supervising/babysitting the kids.

its a big difference from nipping to the shop while your kid is locked in your car.

bollox.........unattended is unattended ..........end off. Anything could happen.:mad:

TheBody

Insurgent wrote: »

Who is Helen Lovejoy?

The wife of Rev Lovejoy from The Simpsons.

Inquitus

No and never would.

danniemcq

I know that unattended is unattended but your kid could be upstairs while you are down watching TV and something could happen and you wouldn't know.

I know if i had to run to shop for something i'd check before i left the house and again when i got back in. I wouldn't check that often if i was in the house.

If the kid was awake or prone to waking up i'd have to think differently but a heavy sleeper with a shop nearby then no problem

CL7

Rabidlamb wrote: »

It used to be the done thing

It used to be the done thing? Where exactly? This has to be a wind up.

MidlandsM

danniemcq wrote: »

I know that unattended is unattended but your kid could be upstairs while you are down watching TV and something could happen and you wouldn't know.

but you'd be there, like how could you live with yourself if you were'nt and something happened.

Rabidlamb

CL7 wrote: »

It used to be the done thing? Where exactly? This has to be a wind up.

I mean more acceptable to society's standards.
Just nipping out for 5 minutes wasn't seen as a despicable act before the media focused on it.

Lollipops23

CL7 wrote: »

It used to be the done thing? Where exactly? This has to be a wind up.

It genuinely was, particularly for something like nipping to the shops or popping in to the neighbours. Up until the 90s, when people became more aware of the dangers.

Sure I was only discussing this a few months ago with my OH's folks, they agree it was the done thing back when we were all kids.

danniemcq

MidlandsM wrote: »

but you'd be there, like how could you live with yourself if you were'nt and something happened.

But if i was there and something happened would it not be the same?

i'm not on about a kid under a year or so but when they are to old for the radio thingy and you are in the other side of the house and something happens upstairs it would be the same.

If the house is child safe (guard on stairs, medicine bottles all away safely etc) then you have reduced the risks.

TiGeR KiNgS

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

ever murdered your kid and covered it up, can't say I have.

LOL

Rabidlamb

MidlandsM wrote: »

OP, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Susprisingly not, my moral standards are seemingly far lower than yours allowing me to live a guilt free life.

Rabidlamb

Lollipops23 wrote: »

It genuinely was, particularly for something like nipping to the shops or popping in to the neighbours. Up until the 90s, when people became more aware of the dangers.

Sure I was only discussing this a few months ago with my OH's folks, they agree it was the done thing back when we were all kids.

My mother says it was the norm as often the husband would go to the pub in the evening.
By the time he would be walking/driving home the shops would all be closed so her only opportunity would be to nip out herself.

CL7

Rabidlamb wrote: »

I mean more acceptable to society's standards.
Just nipping out for 5 minutes wasn't seen as a despicable act before the media focused on it.

Lollipops23 wrote: »

It genuinely was, particularly for something like nipping to the shops or popping in to the neighbours. Up until the 90s, when people became more aware of the dangers.

Sure I was only discussing this a few months ago with my OH's folks, they agree it was the done thing back when we were all kids.

Fair enough. I didn't know that. I don't have kids yet but I'll never leave them unattended if/when I do.

OldNotWIse

28064212 wrote: »

That's not what the McCanns did

The reasons for leaving the children unattended may be different...but the net result is the same - the children are still left unattended. You may say, "well one only left their children for a few minutes, the other left hers for a few hours" - but how can you say that one is ok and one is not? If we are going to put some kind of time fram justification on it (ten minutes good, ten hours bad) where do you draw the line? It's either ok to leave your child alone or its not. There is no magical moment where it stops being ok.

Lollipops23

CL7 wrote: »

Fair enough. I didn't know that. I don't have kids yet but I'll never leave them unattended if/when I do.

Because societies norms and expectations have changed drastically in the last 20-30 years. I most likely wouldn't do it either, but I certainly don't judge my parents for doing it.

OldNotWIse

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

this


the mccanns went to the hotel bar and got drunk with their friends in a hotel in portugal with noone supervising/babysitting the kids.

its a big difference from nipping to the shop while your kid is locked in your car.

The OP specifically asked about the children being left in the house

Cookie_Monster

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Proof?

well it wouldn't be a very good cover-up if they left proof would it?

biko

Please use Parenting forum, not every thread has to go in AH.
Also we're all too young here to have kids